Madam Mok Ping Ping , 40, and two of her sons, aged 14 and seven, who were seated at the back, were flung out.
Lianhe Wanbao reported that Madam Mok had grabbed her youngest son and hugged him tightly as they were thrown out to the side of the highway.
Her instinctive action as a protective mother probably saved her son's life as her body shielded him from the full impact of hitting the ground.
Madam Mok and her oldest son, who was thrown onto the middle of the highway, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Her youngest son, a seven-year-old boy, suffered superficial injuries to his head.
The family were on the way back to Singapore when the accident took place near Pagoh in Johor around 5.30pm on Saturday.
It was raining heavily when the car skidded and crashed into a metal barrier along the side of the highway.
Madam Mok's husband was sitting in front next to a friend who was driving. Both of them escaped unhurt.
Another son, who's 13, was travelling with their friends in another car.
Madam Mok and her husband did not have driving licences, Lianhe Wanbao reported.
LOUD WAILS
Her husband broke into loud wails and called repeatedly for her and their son during a ritual held at the accident site around 2am on Sunday.
When The New Paper visited their home in an Upper Bukit Timah Road condominium last night, no one answered the door.
A neighbour said she had not seen the family "for the past few days".
The woman, who looked to be in her 20s and did not want to be named, said the family had moved in just a few months ago.
She knew little about them, except that they have a pet dog.
In another accident on the North-South Highway, a tour bus carrying 29 passengers went out of control on Saturday night and crashed into bushes at the side the road before flipping over.
No one died in the accident, but 15 passengers suffered minor injuries.
The bus is believed to have left Genting Highlands around 4.30pm on Saturday and was heading north when the accident happened near Gopeng in Perak.
SLIPPERY
Slippery roads caused by the rainy weather might have contributed to the crash, reported Sin Chew Daily.
Eight passengers travelling on a commercial bus from Kajang suffered minor injuries when their vehicle crashed into a wall in Kuala Lumpur, stopping several metres from the railway tracks.
The New Straits Times reported that the bus, which was on its way from Kajang to Central Market in Kuala Lumpur, skidded near a traffic light at Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Brickfields, on Saturday morning.
The 54-year-old bus driver, who escaped unhurt, then lost control of the bus and it hit a traffic light post and an overhead bridge nearby.
SINGAPOREANS KILLED ON MALAYSIAN ROADS
June 2011
A woman died and another suffered injuries when a minibus they were in overturned on the North-South Highway near Kulai, Johor.
The accident happened when one of the vehicle's tyres burst, causing the minibus to go out of control and overturn.
April 2011
A 29-year-old IT manager died after he crashed his motorcycle into a barrier on the North-South Highway near Kuala Kangsar, Perak.
February 2011
An elderly woman was killed when the MPV she was in crashed on the North-South Highway near Pagoh, Johor, after the driver lost control of the vehicle.
The woman's son, a 53-year-old businessman, and five other relatives were hurt.
August 2010
A 19-year-old student was flung out of her boyfriend's car after he lost control and crashed into railings in Kluang, Johor.
The student died later in a Johor Baru hospital.
July 2010
A 62-year-old retiree was killed after returning with friends from a holiday in Penang.
The van he was in was involved a three-vehicle collision in Perak.
June 2010
A young Singaporean couple heading home from Genting Highlands crashed their car into the central divider on the North-South Highway in Johor.
The 21-year-old man died, while his girlfriend survived.
June 2010
A retired teacher driving with his family to a wedding in Terengganu smashed his car into a road barrier and spun out of control.
Their vehicle then collided with an oncoming car.
The man, his wife, their 12-year-old granddaughter and their Indonesian maid were killed.
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